The U.S. has ample opportunity to kill bad guys while leaving good guys—American and Iranian—unharmed.
Ron Pisaturo
Ron Pisaturo is a writer and philosopher. He has written a screenplay, The Merchant of Mars.
Ronald Pisaturo is the author of A Validation of Knowledge, The Longevity Argument, The Merchant of Mars, and Masculine Power, Feminine Beauty.
An Electoral College Within Each State
Instead of the United States abandoning the Electoral College, state legislatures should take us in exactly the opposite direction. From now on, they should abandon a statewide popular vote for president, and instead either appoint electors directly or implement an Elec…
Statement of Principles for the Local Government of Laissez-Faire
Amid the problems and rancor regarding our federal government, it is essential to establish and maintain good local government.
The Democratic Party Has Turned Against Civilization
No matter who wins the election, what remains of American freedom will be in serious jeopardy. Nevertheless, on just about every issue, Biden and the Democrats are more anti-freedom than Trump and the Republicans.
The Merchant of Mars
The head of NASA convinces the President that space exploration should be done by private industry, and the United States government declares, “The first person to land on Mars, live there a year, and return alive owns the whole Red Planet.” Welcome to the greatest …
End the National Endowment for the Arts
Government funding of the arts is as deadly as government funding of religion or the press.
If Murder of Americans is About a Video, Then It Is Indeed About U.S. Policy
On September 11, 2012, Islamists attacked Americans in a U.S. foreign embassy and consulate and murdered four of those Americans in Libya. Evidence indicates that our government failed to take common-sense security measures to protect these Americans. Then our...
Granny and the Anti-Capitalist Cliff
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, caricatured in political ads last year and again this month as pushing Granny off the cliff of Medicare, is now the running mate of the maker of RomneyCare, who is running against the maker of ObamaCare. With the consequent renewed debate over...
Socialism and the Meaning of Investment by Government
Government makes ‘investments’ in us that we can’t refuse. Many, including me, have identified the socialist premises in President Obama’s remarks on July 13 in Roanoke, VA. But are Obama’s actual policies as socialist as his socialist rhetoric? The answer is yes, but...
How To Save Israel
Peace is not the answer. War is the answer.
Osama Bin Laden is Dead, Yet America Is Still Losing the War
America is losing the war because we are still acting like police and social workers while our enemies are fighting a war, and because our political leaders still do not recognize the enemy: Islamists, especially Islamic governments.
Read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The theme of Atlas Shrugged, the novel, is “the role of the mind in man’s existence.”
The Philosophical Absurdity Underlying Stimulus Spending
When the financial crisis hit the U.S. in late 2008, individuals realized that their savings—especially their stocks and their homes—were not as valuable as these individuals had thought. These individuals then acted rationally: they cut back on spending....
Fettered Markets
In his remarks on Wall Street Reform Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Cooper Union in New York City, President Obama said this: I’m going to quote: “Through the great banking houses of Manhattan last week ran wild-eyed alarm. Big bankers stared at one another...
BP Oil Spill: Private Property is the Solution
For this article, let me be brief about the following facts, which are oil and water under the bridge. BP’s off-shore oil leases, like all off-shore oil leases, are leases to use federal property. (Hat tip to this article in The Freeman.) The land and water are...
Obama at the London G20 Summit
In his news conference following the London G20 Summit on April 2, Obama said this: In terms of local politics, look, I’m the President of the United States. I’m not the President of China, I’m not the President of Japan, I’m not the...
AIG is Left Holding the Government’s Bag
On March 16, Obama said this about AIG: I do want to comment on the news about executive bonuses at AIG. … This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distress due to recklessness and greed. Under these circumstances, it’s hard to understand how...
Bernard Madoff is Small Potatoes Compared to the Government
Bernard Madoff has confessed to a Ponzi scheme whereby he swindled investors of billions of dollars. “In court documents, prosecutors say Madoff reported he oversaw $64.8 billion.” Multiply that staggering amount of money by 3,000, and you get roughly the...
Obama’s Socialist “Reforms” for American Healthcare are Impractical and Immoral
In his March 7th weekly address, Obama said this: [B]ecause we cannot bring our deficit down or grow our economy without tackling the skyrocketing cost of health care, I held a health care summit on Thursday to begin the long-overdue process of reform. Our ideas and...
Obama’s “Logic” on the Mortgage Crisis
In his “ Remarks by the President on the mortgage crisis ” on February 18, Obama stated: Our housing crisis was born of eroding home values, but it was also an erosion of our common values, and in some case, common sense. It was brought about by big banks...
The Antidote to Obama
In his Weekly Address yesterday, Obama said, “I didn’t come here to do the same things we’ve been doing … .” After all, Obama is for “change.” Before Obama took over the country, and even before Bush’s 2008 financial bailouts, federal, state, and local governments...
Obama Seeks ‘Cure for Cancer’ — By Stamping Out Freedom
In his address before a joint session of Congress last night, Obama dictated his plan for America, to be financed and “serviced” by productive Americans. Obama will take from individuals the wealth that they created and needed for their own plans....
How To Defeat the Hollywood Unions
The article below was originally published on the website of The Intellectual Activist on April 17, 2001 shortly before an impending writers strike that was averted near the eleventh hour. Now, six years later, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is again threatening...
The Real Injustice in New Orleans: The Welfare State’s Assault on the Productive Individual
Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, now head of the National Urban League, complained on NBC’s Today Show on September 1 that the U.S. Government had refused to give funding for upgrading the city’s flood defenses. Numerous city and Louisiana State...
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